Why Software Licensing?
Software licensing turns value into protected, scalable revenue
Sentinel is the most trusted software licensing platform for monetization, entitlement management, and license enforcement. Deployed by the world's leading ISVs and device vendors to protect intellectual property, operationalize complex licensing models, and scale revenue across every environment.
Protect Your Software & Intellectual Property
Prevent piracy, protect your IP, and ensure licensing enforcement holds up in any environment—even as your business scales.
Monetize & Grow Your Revenue
Unlock new revenue models with subscription, usage based, and flexible licensing that adapts to how customers buy and use your software.
Simplify & Scale Your Licensing Operations
Unify licensing, entitlements, and deployments across cloud, SaaS, on prem, and embedded environments—so you can scale efficiently without added complexity.
Recognized by our users
Customers love Sentinel on G2
Join the software vendors who rate Thales Sentinel Software Monetization Platform among their most trusted licensing partners.
What was most helpful for our adoption of Thales Sentinel was the great level and depth of onboarding support by the Thales team. The tool itself gives us an easy to use UI to manage each aspect of creating entitlements integrated into our order system and having the customer activate their licenses."
Licensing & Monetization Control
Entitlement management
Centrally manage and enforce entitlements across products and customers.
Advanced license models
Support subscription, usage-based, feature-based, floating, and hybrid models.
Usage-based monetization
Track, aggregate, and convert usage data into billing and revenue insights.
Identity-first licensing
Enable secure, user-based access with SSO, OIDC, and SAML integration.
Software protection
Prevent piracy, tampering, and unauthorized use with advanced enforcement.
Platform & Integration Architecture
Cloud-native architecture
Serverless, microservices-based platform that scales dynamically.
Universal deployment
Support SaaS, on-prem, hybrid, desktop, embedded, and IoT environments.
Ecosystem integrations
Connect to CRM, ERP, CPQ, and billing systems via APIs, connectors, and webhooks.
Revenue intelligence (CRM-integrated)
Surface entitlement and usage data in Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
Out-of-the box license model flexibility
- Perpetual
Sell with no expiration date. - Subscription / Term
Offer access for a fixed term. - Hardware
Assign access to specific users. - Device-Based
Tie access to specific devices. - Shared / Concurrent
Let a set number of users access at the same time. - Account-Based / SSO
Pre-paid, post-paid or pay-as-you-go.
- Usage-Based
Charge based on actual consumption. - Outcome-Based
Tie pricing to results delivered. - Tiers / Editions
Package offers for different needs and price points. - Feature-Based
Control access by feature or capability. - Trials
Offer limited-time or limited-access evaluations. - Offline / Air-Gapped
Support use in disconnected environments.
UNIVERSAL DEPLOYMENT
One platform. Every deployment model.
License software wherever it runs — on-premises, desktop, embedded, IoT, hybrid, and SaaS — across cloud, software, and hardware enforcement, all from a single platform.
On-premises
Enforce entitlements inside customer data centers, with offline-capable activation and renewal.
Desktop
Dongle/USB licenses for the highest-assurance scenarios, fully unified with software and cloud keys.
Embedded & IoT
Lightweight runtimes for medical devices, industrial controllers, and connected hardware at the edge.
Hybrid
Mix cloud-managed entitlements with local enforcement for environments with intermittent connectivity.
SaaS
Meter, gate, and monetize multi-tenant cloud services with usage-based and subscription models.
Dongle / USB
Hardware-rooted licensing for the highest-assurance scenarios, fully unified with software and cloud keys.
INTEGRATIONS
Effortless back-office & ecosystem integration
Sentinel licensing tools are designed to slot into your existing back-office ecosystem, with pre-built connectors and low-code integrations for major platforms including Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, SAP, Zuora, and Salesforce.
Integration cloud services
Link entitlement management to your back- office environment with intelligent business logic, minimizing integration complexity.
No-code Salesforce integration
Connect EMS to Salesforce and configure entitlement automation rules without writing a single line of code.
REST web services + webhooks
Scalable system-to-system communication with flexible event-driven webhooks for real-time updates across your ecosystem.
Out-of-the-box portals
Fully functional vendor, partner, and customer self-service portals ready to go on day one.
THREAT-READY LICENSING
Hardened licensing for untrusted environments
Sentinel pairs licensing with advanced protection so copy prevention, piracy protection, and IP protection hold up even when your software is deployed in environments you don't control.
Stop licenses from being copied or reused
Cryptographically bind entitlements to the device, user, or hardware key so licenses can't be cloned or misused, even when your software is deployed on-prem, at the edge, or on hardware.
Piracy protection to stop illegal distribution
Sentinel hardens the enforcement layer with anti-tamper, anti-debug, and runtime integrity checks and more so the licensing logic can't be bypassed or removed from your binaries.
IP protection to secure your advantage
Encrypt your algorithms, AI models, and proprietary logic so you can sell into new markets and channels without risking years of investment and your competitive advantage.
SUPPORT & SERVICES
Help your business achieve ambitious goals
Most teams choose to deploy Sentinel without extra support. Thales' Professional Services are there for organizations that need more help migrating from a homegrown, competitor, or legacy hardware system — or for those who want a managed program with dedicated specialists. Because you don’t know what you don’t know. But we do.
1200 +
Enterprise engagements
80
Licensing experts
7
Delivery languages
Business value consulting
Identify missed software revenue, define success criteria, and establish a clear case for change.
Solution engineering
Technical validation in your environment. Proof of concept design, integration scoping, and migration planning.
Implementation services
Managed deployment with predictable timelines. Architecture, entitlement setup, and full production readiness.
Premium technical services
Continuous strategic partnership post-go-live with a named Technical Account Manager and regular reviews.
Choose licensing infrastructure that can scale with your software business
As software portfolios grow, licensing needs become more complex. What starts as a simple way to control access can quickly become a strategic requirement for monetization, entitlement management, usage visibility, and protection.
HOMEGROWN
Built for yesterday's requirements
Internal licensing systems address immediate needs. As product complexity scales, maintenance overhead and need for flexibility become a persistent drain.
LIGHTWEIGHT COMMERCIAL
Fast to start. Quick to outgrow.
Entry-level platforms reduce time to deployment, but limited entitlement management and weak protection become blockers quickly.
RECOMMENDED FOR ENTERPRISE SCALE
Thales Sentinel: Enterprise-grade licensing infrastructure
Supports flexible licensing models, robust entitlement management, usage metering, and Thales-grade software and AI model protection.
